Action research is always suggested action,if it is possible implement immediately.In applied field sometimes it may possible but so far as social and emotional field it may not be possible.Social and emotional field is not only depend on the individual but also involved the environment where one belongs.Motivational factors play significant role.

Thanks Jayanta for your insight, I understand. But, for example, as a research method, for example that could equal employ teachers, practitioners,...and researchers alike, could be a way of speaking the same language in terms of benefiting dissemination.

provided that your variables are related to action research

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Dear all, thanks for your comments. After exploring some research, I do think it can be a useful methodology. I liked, specially this example , a thesis by Alan Price http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/7428/5/Price17EdD.pdf

Appreciated David:

I can answer yes! But, emotions and social context and experiences of people (learnes) are also the starting points of any significant learning oriented to practice and change in individuals, groups and then in the society... I consider that there is an interdependent relationship among emotions, knowledge and action.

According to my experience to do (P)AR is more challenging than traditional research in many areas such as those described in Price thesis. After a very superficial reading some aspects came to my mind (control, leadership, participation and rigor for example).

I will focus on participation (P) as a critical factor of practice/change. I believe that (P)AR is not only a method but an approach to reality which implies not only the use of tools but the option and commitment with certain ethical and many times political principles according to Fals Borda writings: :

https://larrlasa.org/articles/10.25222/larr.164/galley/256/download/

Given that PAR breaks the opposition between subject and object of positivist research, the role of the subjects of research is a central matter if you want an effective commitment with change. This approach promotes the empowerment of the group from the beginning and the pertinence of the research according with their interest and expectations individually and collectively.

Following this idea, will we define the theme of research by ourselves? or, we will try to identify and agree the problems and issues, and design the research together with participants?, Do they took part in the analysis of the data, and analyzed the outcomes of the research in order to change their situation?

Pierce uses the word participation in a different matter, referring to participation of learners in outdoor activities that could improve social and emotional skills. As she explains, this wasn’t a full participatory action research because she defined most of the actions given her roles as a teacher in the school. Only some of the learners are practitioners, something that requires more analysis in terms of the outcomes of a process like these. I believe that participation can produce more and better results in terms of individual and collective change because of its relationship with positive empowerment.

For that, I think that changes are accumulative moving from individual (feelings, emotions, perceptions and experiences) to the group. Probably, It depends of the kind of group you are working with (age, social conditions, cultural background), but I’m not sure if jumping directly to AR is always the better option.

If we decide to do PAR (not only AR) to achieve the initial commitment with the research perhaps is necessary to follow some previous steps like a participatory diagnostic and to motivate the horizontal dialogue and reflections about the problems that are wanted to study and address… The achievement of the initial commitment requires of emotional touching activities and social collective analysis able to motivate people to do the research as an action in itself, an action that can lead to further changes.

Hope this was useful to think together. Thank you very much for the very motivating question and good luck with your research! I have very similar concerns; it was very helpful to me to read the thesis and the discussion.

Greetings.

Action research is appropriate in this field as it is contextually bound and is based upon an emancipatory tradition. Action research and participatory action research are regularly used in the social sciences to advance practice and test theoretical models.

The quick answer is yes. Teachers address the SEL first and then approach behavior / possible consequences. Maybe.